- [Instructor] After Effects is home to…one of the most dynamic and powerful…text tools available for motion graphics.…If you've had previous experience with…type tools in Photoshop,…then you'll feel right at home inside of After Effects.…It builds on that foundation and goes much further with…the range of control and options available to you.…So here in this composition,…I've got four layers of text and a simple shape layer,…and I built and laid all this stuff out…inside of After Effects using the type tool.…So let's deconstruct this.…I'm going to pause right here,…and the first thing I'm going to do is…switch over to my window, work space, text layout.…

And you'll see I have a character panel…and a paragraph panel available to me now.…Let's select this layer three, this word big.…So if you've used Photoshop before,…you'll recognize this character panel.…It's essentially the same thing.…I've got the ability to change out my font.…With this dropdown, I can see all the fonts…that are installed on my system.…I can swap out one font for another.…

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1/24/2017

Get up and running with After Effects CC 2017. Although this is an introductory course, if you're brand new to After Effects, check out After Effects CC 2017 Essential Training: The Basics; in that course, instructor Mark Christiansen starts from the very beginning, introducing you to the interface and other basic concepts to help you understand what After Effects is, and how it's used in a variety of workflows.
In this course, Alan Demafiles covers all of the main aspects of this program, providing you with a solid foundation for using this tool in a motion graphics context. To begin, Alan breaks down After Effects into six foundations, each of which serve as the basis for subsequent course chapters. He covers how shape layers offer some of the power of Illustrator vector tools right in After Effects, and shares basic animation techniques like creating looped animation with expressions. In addition, he also touches on the program's powerful Type tool and shows you how adding type animators can make unique text manipulation possible. He wraps up the course with a project-based chapter that helps reinforce your new skills and provides you with valuable workflow tips.